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A community garden for the Maple community hall: help our neighbors in Seattle

Volunteers in Seattle are raising $2,200 for a community garden at the Maple community hall.

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Joaquín Espinoza
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Seattle
For three years the neighborhood has asked for a community garden. This year a group of 12 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Maple community hall, but no funding. We have received donated paint, and the remaining cost is $2,200. It will serve about 140 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. We'll hold a build day in July and everyone is invited. We're a small team, and every dollar will be spent in the open - I'll post receipts and progress photos. All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance. Where the $2,200 goes: • Materials: $1,550 • Permits and inspections: $135 • Safety equipment and signage: $150 • Tools hire and delivery: $365 Thanks for reading all this. - Joaquín
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Updates from Joaquín

  1. Quick update: $92 raised so far (4%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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RecentTop gifts
  • Noah Payne 🇬🇧 · $200

    “Wish I could do more. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Belfast”

  • Kamau Byaruhanga 🇰🇪 · $100
  • Dayo Tayo Lasisi 🇳🇬 · $50
  • James T. Perez 🇦🇺 · $40

    “Good luck. Thought of Joaquín all day after reading this.”

  • Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $32
  • Dimitra Karagiannis 🇬🇷 · $10

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  • Rahim Shuvo Dutta

    Thinking of you and your family. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from Lapu-Lapu

    • Rhea G. Aguilar

      best of luck, Joaquín. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend

      • Itzhak Kobi Shalom

        So sorry you're going through this, Joaquín. Hope this works out for you. Take care

        $432 raised of $2,200

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